We're going to try something new: we're going to publish our weekly LA Burning Man Announce/Newsletter here in the blog, in addition to sending it out to those who have signed up for it. That way all of y'all (or all y'all as I'd say it in Texas) can benefit from our gathering of news, events, things…

An important public service announcement via the Colonel from Arctic Monkey on the NY Burners guide: In the interest of helping give a concise, helpful, guided re-entry into civilization after being at Burning Man, I wrote down a series of rules for Radical Re-Entry. After seeing four email threads flare up and two potential life-changing…

Surrounding yourself with 68,000 other people (of which at least half seem to want to randomly hug you while they/you are sweaty and covered in playa dust) does not seem like the first place you'd find a self-described introvert. But, surprisingly, the playa can be incredible journey for those of us who consider ourselves to…

These are the directions someone wrote up for the Burning Man website yeeeeears ago - I believe by Capt'n Shady, with help from Crunchy and BadAss Brad (all of Gigsville fame, and since updated). When Burning Man redesigned their website, they moved the directions (I can't find them anywhere) so thought it best to repost them…

I decided to do my first Burn last year solo and theme camp-less. Just me, my sedan, a tent and the necessities. It's not that I'm anti-social (PS. A city of 70,000 of some of the most huggy, open-minded people is not a place to be if you're anti-social). In reality, I wanted to be…

Virgin Burners, pro tip: If you're taking your mobile phone to use as your camera, set the lock screen image to have your name/playa name, camp location, and email address. If you lose it, it can be returned to you that way. Also, if it is instead returned to Playa Info, it's easier to claim…

I went to my first Burn last year and still, to this day, lament the fact that I haven't been going my whole adult life. You will read about how “magical,” “life-changing,” “ethereal” and “conscious-shifting” the whole experience can be. It is. At least, it was for me. Here's hoping you feel the same. Like…

Mad props to Ray Burman (checklist@spiraloasis.org) and Crunchy Mama of Big Art Labs (http://www.crunchymama.com) for such a great checklist to start from… THANK YOU! Be as organized as you can There’s nothing worse than spending your entire time at Burning Man searching for stuff. In general, I try to keep everything in clear bins,…